I am a HUGE Criminal Minds fan, however, I try not to watch previews and I have a DVR so I skate through commercials, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw Jackson on tonights episode!!! He was PHENOMENAL!!! I LOVE that his character's last name was Jackson!! HeeHee!

Throughout the episode (once I figured out that he was the girl at the beginning of the show), I was trying to picture him as a girl. I thought his nose would be a little too big to pull off a feminine enough girl. I actually thought that's why they covered his face at the beginning. BOY WAS I EVER WRONG! He was BEAUTIFUL! I'm sure they had his face shadowed at the start because they didn't want to ruin the surprise, but I honestly think they could have shown his face and most people wouldn't have realized it was a guy (not you TRUE Jackson lovers OF COURSE!!!), but most of us. Even when they showed his (her) face in full light, I had to rewind it and play it again and again. My first reaction when "she" stood up was "Who's that? Reid was just talking to Amanda." It took me several moments to realize it was Jackson!! WOW!! His character was sooo complex and he was perfect!! He really deserves the Emmy for that performance!!

GOOD JOB RATHBONE LOVERS FOR KNOWING A TRUE ARTIST WHEN YOU SEE ONE!!!

Edit: Okay, my son just proved me wrong (he Loves doing that!). I showed him the scene where "Amanda" stands up at the end and I said "Isn't she pretty?" and he said (with no hesitation) "No! That's a dude!"

Last edited by edward4ever on Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:01 am, edited 2 times in total.

Jackson was so great on Criminal Minds. I hope those who haven't been able to see it yet get to see it soon!It is amazing how well Jackson can get into character and play a variety of different personas. He really is a great actor (not that I have to debate that with any of you ).Hope everyone else enjoyed/enjoys the episode.

Ladies ladies ladies. As if Jackson on Criminal Minds wasn't enough of a treat, I have some SUPER NEW PICS of Jackson! AGAIN! Yay! I'm thinking us JOFs are gonna get spoiled with all of this new stuff.(I think it's so funny how Sarah always brings us the latest Jackson news, and I always bring the latest pictures! We make such a great team! )

So his hair looks different, YET AGAIN. (He's so versatile. I want him.) I love it like this, it looks like his usual shaggy style. Yum.

I'm glad everyone enjoyed Criminal Minds! I recorded it but haven't actually watched yet. Maybe tomorrow. But I already know (even before the spoilers on here) that he dressed up as a girl named Amanda, and I was like *gasp*! It's a sign! We're meant to be together!!

All I can just say is as a HUGE Criminal Minds fan (I’ve seen every episode literally. In most cases more then once) and also a HUGE Jackson fan I was completely in love with this episode in every way shape and form.

It’s definitely one of my favorites. (and it ironically had a connection to one of my other favorite epi’s but there’s no need for me to get into that right now.)Not just because of the Jackson, and the Jackson/Reid but the plot was amazing. And the acting was amazing.

I find it ironic since Spencer Reid is my favorite CM character I would have loved this episode anyway because it was centric to him but the involvement of Jackson and the interaction between them was fabulous (and double stare down yay. Talk about Jackpots!!) for my little fan girl heart…and the general viewing public of course.

But the most amazing thing was definitely Jackson’s acting. Not that I doubted him but WOW, he was amazing. Absolutely amazing. I remember watching his audition video for a different show, beautiful people online and going wow he can act but this was OMG HE CAN ACT AMAZINGLY…

When he changed and you could see it through his entire body especially his eyes. They just, glowed with a different passion… I can’t talk about it enough. I could go on for hours.

Two different characters that were both completely different from him. Amazing, can’t wait to see not just New Moon (squee, paper cut) but all his other work!

Just went to youtube and also watched those clips that Sarah posted and now I get what you mean! He is so amazing!I didn't see all of it, but (spoiler?) when he was on the roof, I think, with Julie and he changed from Adam to Amanda .. that was really great! No doubt that he will do well in NM .. or any other movie that he's in. And that is a role that he can 'sink his teeth into'. WOW.

Jackson was so AMAZING in Criminal Minds last night. It definitely shows what an awesome actor he is & that he can play different kind of characters. When I figured out he was the bad guy I was a little sad because I didn't want dear Jasper to be a creepy, psycho, icky, serial killer. But he was just sooo good! And that scene where he went from being Adam to Amanda was just, WOW! Then when he was dressed as a woman at the end that surprised me at first (I missed the very very beginning where they showed that apparenty) but he's actually kind of good looking as a woman!